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मन्दा mandā[S. मन्द+कः], = S مند मन्दor मंद manda, vulg. mandadj. (f. -ā, or -ī), Slow, tardy, inactive, sluggish; cold, phlegmatic, apathetic; tedious; dull, languid; stupid, heavy, doltish, foolish; dull (as a market, or as light, etc.), dim, faint (as light, or sound, etc.); low, deep, hollow, soft (sound, or voice); mild, gentle; affable; moderate; cheap; abated, allayed, lulled, slackened, relaxed; slack; weak; slight, trifling, little, small;—sick, ill; bad, vile, wicked; coarse:—mand, s.m. The planet Saturn;—an epithet of Saturday;—an epithet of Yama;—adv. Slowly; softly, etc. (see mand; and mand-mand);—mandā, s.m. Slowness; languidness; slackness; decrease, diminution, abatement; dulness (of a market), depression (of trade); cheapness, etc.:—mandātmā(˚da+ āt˚), adj. Slow-minded, slow of apprehension; simple, foolish:—mandādar (˚da+ād˚), adj. & s.m. (f. -ā), Having little respect (for another), caring little (for), disrespectful; disregarding, neglecting, neglectful, inattentive, remiss, slack;—s.m. A disrespectful person, etc.:—mand-buddhi, adj. Slow of apprehension, slowwitted, possessed of little understanding, dull, stupid, foolish, senseless; wanting in energy; indifferent; bad:—mand-bhāgī, adj. & s.m. (f. -inī), Unfortunate, ill-fated, unhappy, wretched;—an unfortunate person, unhappy wight, etc.:—mand-bhāgya, adj. (f. -ā) = mandbhāgī, q.v.:—mand-bhāgya, s.m., or mandbhāgyatva, s.m., or mand-bhāgyatā, s.f. Adverse fortune, ill-fortune, ill-fatedness, misfortune:—mand karnā, v.t. To retard; to slacken (speed, etc.); to abate, to diminish, etc.:—mand-gāmī, adj. & s.m. (f. -inī), Slowmoving, going or marching slowly;—walking in evil ways, given to evil courses;—one who moves or marches slowly, etc.:—mand-gati, adj. Having a slow motion, moving slowly;—s.f. Slow motion; slow progress;—adv. Slowly, softly:—mand-mati, vulg. mand-mat, adj.=mand-buddhi, q.v.:—mand-mand, adv. Slowly, tardily, sluggishly; gently, softly; slightly; badly:—mand-vish, vulg. mand-bis, adj. (f. -ā), Containing but little poison, having but little venom;—s.m. A kind of snake:—mandodarī(˚da+ud˚), s.f. Name of Rāvaṇ's favourite wife (mother of Indra-jit):—mandhāsya, s.m. A gentle laugh; a smile, simper:—mandābolnā, v.n. To speak in a low tone;—to become slack or dull (a market):—mandābećnā, v.t. To sell at a low or moderate price, to sell cheap:—mandāpaṛnāor paṛ-jānā, v.n. To be or become abated, or slackened, or lulled, etc.; to fall (as a market); to become dull, to decline (a business);—to be allayed, or appeased, or pacified; to abate, etc.:—mandātārā, s.m. The planet Uranus:—mandākarnā, v.t. To abate, slacken, relax; to mitigate; to remit:—mandālagānā, v.t. To put a low price on, to sell cheap:—mandī āṅć, A slow fire:—mandībudh, Dull understanding; mental imbecility:—mandīdūkān, A slow shop;—a cheap shop:—mandīhai, (Trade) is depressed.
Origin: Hindi